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Soothing of the Soul
Topic Started: Apr 3 2009, 10:16 PM (106 Views)
Gin
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Trudging into town, for the first time in a long while since joining SOLDIER and definitely for the first time as a 2nd class at that, Kyosuke was finally home. The air was fresh and the sky was blue, much like his old uniform, but now he was wearing purple and covered in blood. The young SOLDIER had been sent out on a mission to dispatch a dangerous monster of which had been seen around Kalm lately. Successful as he was, the damage on his body was evident of how strong the creature really was.

Reaching the structure in the center of town, Kyosuke turned himself over and sat down against it. His back was pressed against a metal tube while he looked out towards the entrance from which he came. The young SOLDIER couldn't help but remember a similar situation to this from when he was a kid. How could he though seeing as it was the reason he decided to become a SOLDIER, the day a 1nd class saved him from being killed by a monster. He was now the SOLDIER but instead of saving a child, he was the one in trouble as he was injured and possibly going to die.

Oh how ironic it would be to have someone come and treat his wounds as fast as the SOLDIER dispatched the monster that day. Life didn't work this way though and with all the people he killed, Kyosuke's karma certainly wouldn't allow him the satisfaction of a swift recovery. At least the last few hours he spent would be in the place he was born, never having to change with the time. If only he could have seen his parents one more time before he left this world, if only.
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Kae walked silently through the quietness of town. Kae was dressed in the clothes she had gotten from her things in Midgar. She was wearing a plain white T-shirt and white bell bottom style pants with a pair of white hiking boots, There where white bandages wrapped tightly around her ribs and protruded slightly above the neck of her shirt.. Her belt that held her Materia and medication was buckled securely to her waist and she had a wicker basket full of small flowers in her right hand. There were very few people around the center of town and even less outside, Most people had gone to see some traveling performance on the edge of town, Kae didn't go because she was sure someone would have tried to get her to show off. That would only make it all that worse when she had an attack in front of them.No only the few shopkeepers where still working today,that was why she was there. She was taking the flowers to her herbalist to get more pills made, she was out after her trip to Midgar and she couldn't afford to have an attack without them.


"Oh ,my god!!! what happened to him?!?!!?!" She heard someone say. She looked over to see two elderly people pointing at a man, who stumbled forward from the town gate before collapsing against the tower in the center of town. She quickly ran forward and set the basket down next to the man, he was covered in blood, a lot of it. If he didn't get treatment soon he might die..." I need you to stay awake" She said quietly but soothingly as she kneeled over him. Her hands moved quickly pulling back his blood soaked clothing to expose the large gash in his neck, an artery or two had been nicked and he hadn't bled out immediately. He was lucky. Very lucky. She hastily pulled out her Healing Materia causing her other Materia and her empty pill bottle to fall out of the pouch and l. Her red fingers stained the glowing white orb as she held it up to the mans neck.

"You'll be fine" She said confidently holding the orb up to the mans wound and focusing on the Materia. A light white glow shone from it and the mans neck began to heal shut, slowly. After several minutes she pulled the Materia away and held her arm to her chest as she took deep breaths. Healing big wounds always made her weak to heal. "Are you okay now?" She asked her voice quiet but now slightly strained She wiped away at the blood on his neck and saw the wound was gone. or at least closed. If it needed more healing she could do it later, he was safe for now and that was all that mattered. "I....I think you'll be fine...." She said going over to the basket and picking it up, she needed her medicine and very soon..
Edited by Haine, Apr 4 2009, 01:17 AM.
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As the light grew dimmer and dimmer, the closer to death her got, all Kyosuke could hear were the sounds of the elderly townspeople screaming over the sight of his body. It was no surprise the people would be worried or frightened by the blood stained mess that this young SOLDIER was, nor was it really odd that none of them went to help him. People, no matter how good or bad, were people regardless of what they pretended to be. The sight of someones death wasn't a thing you saw on a regular basis, nor was it something that you could prepare for to fix on a moments notice. These townspeople probably had no clue who Kyo was and even if they wanted to help, the fact that they could see a man die was probably an interesting thought to them.

"I need you to stay awake," the voice of what sounded to be a young girl said. Kyosuke lifted his head to see what was going on and his eyes met with the face of girl who had read hair and was wearing now all white. The only thoughts that came to mind was the she was an angel sent down to bring him to the afterlife and become one with the life stream. It was a rather anti-climactic end, and happening sooner in his life then he had wished, but when it was the time you had to go. The young SOLDIER thought for a moment, I wonder if I'll be come a zombie like the ones I killed during that invasion of Wutai.

What happened next was rather odd, well, odd when what you were expecting was death. The girl held up a restore Materia to the young SOLDIER's next and began casting it to heal him. "You'll be fine, are you okay now," she then asked after making sure the wounds on his neck had closed and the bleeding stopped. It was almost like a scene right out of a child's story and also the most ironic thing that could have happened. "I, I think you'll be fine," the girl finally said to Kyosuke who had fully regained consciousness and vision.

"Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha," the young SOLDIER began laughing uncontrollably. Kyo had just gone on about it to himself how an event happening like this, the reverse of that which made him decide to be a SOLDIER, would never happen for it was impossible yet it just did. He just couldn't stop the uncontrollable laughter he had inside because of everything that just happened. "I am one lucky son of a...," Kyosuke then said before stopping himself from cursing in front of everyone.
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Kae was surprised to here him laugh but it wasn't really that odd, death was a lot to think about, Especially when your dieing. She knew that much.She smiled as he gave a smile of relief and just managed to stop himself from swearing. But the smile quickly became strained and she sat back against the tower breathing heavily for a moment. "I Need you to stay here" She said looking at him seriously as she got to her feet. She was wheezing now and her bruised ribs aches as she tried to suppress the urge to cough.She stood up and walked away from the man the man grabbing the basket full of flowers.

She hurried around the corner and into the first building she saw, it was where she had her pills made. "Hmmmm, more already?" The shopkeeper asked her raising an eyebrow in disapproval. "Yes" Kae wheezed as she wrapped an arm around her ribs ." i'm out, something happened when I went to Midgar." The man gave her a serious face and nodded setting to work as soon as he had. "They'll be done soon but don't do anything till they're done." He said without looking up. "Oh and they might not work as well but try the bottle on the end of the counter he said pointing to a small bottle.

Kae downed two of the pills and walked slowly out of the shop, she held up a hand as she coughed outside the door. She felt something thick run into her lungs and she feared that her attack had already begun. But only a small amount of blood entered her lungs making it almost unbearable to keep her coughing under control, but the pill the herbalist had given her had slowed it down. If she didn't get her medicine soon though her lungs would once again fill with blood. She walked around the corner considerably more slowly than when she had left and still her her right arm wrapped around her ribs.


"Sorry about that" She said as she approached the man and pulled a rag out of her back pocket wiping the blood off her hands, then bending over the man again and doing the same to the blood on his neck before grabbing his head and tilting it gently to the side so she could see where she had healed. She inspected where he'd been injured and saw it had healed enough and would finish on its own. She sighed and flopped down next to him leaning against the tower, all the while since she had gotten back her breathing had been getting slower and more drawn out.......
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Kyosuke looked up at the girl who had saved his life, watching her smile as he laughed and almost swore. Things weren't all that happy for long though as this same young girl began coughing and wheezing. "I Need you to stay here," the poor thing said as she picked up her items and walked into a nearby store. The young SOLDIER couldn't help but worry about what was going on since the young thing seemed rather healthy when they first met and now acted as if she was dying.

Not wanting to upset her any more then he had to though, Kyosuke staid where he was told and awaited for the return of the person who saved his life. It took awhile for her to return, which only caused more worry in Kyo, but she eventually did. One would have to say though it might have been better for her not to have come out since her condition was noticeably worse then when the poor girl had left. Despite all this, after cleaning her hands, the girl still went and wiped the old blood off of the young SOLDIER's neck. "Sorry about that," was all she had to say as she then laid down like Kyosuke was to rest.

Something had to be done for this girl and Kyosuke couldn't just leave her sitting her, he needed to help her as she had helped him. Without even thinking, which was the usual way this young SOLDIER did things, Kyo stood up from where he was laying and picked up the young girl next to him. "Now now, since it seems you can't be cured by traditional means like me, let me assist you until you feel better," he said with a smile on his face as he ran to the pharmacist, still carrying the girl with both arms. They were now headed right to the place the poor thing just came from. If only Kyosuke had been paying attention to where she went in the first place.
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Kae was about to reply to Kyo's statement when he suddenly scooped her up and ran her right back to the shop she'd just come from. "Put me down" She said laughing lightly causing her ribs to twinge . She moved and fell out of his arms landing on her feet with her arms held out to balance herself. she looked up at the man no longer laughing but still smiling " Well if want to stick around until i feel better go ahead, but you'll be following me until I die." She said still smiling as she wrapped her arm around her ribs again. She probably wasn't going to be better any time soon. Unlike Kyosuke she probably wouldn't be saved.

There was a click as the pharmacist stepped out of the shop and looked at them . " Back so soon?" He asked pleasantly. Kae laughed again momentarily tightening the grip around her ribs, the pharmacist frowned as he noticed this but said nothing. "My freind here gave me a lift." She told him brightly"Ah well, i just finished these anyway." He said pulling out pulling a large container about the size of a small glass and handing it to her. The bottle rattled as Kae took it and opened the top. Inside where dozens of small aspirin sized white pills and she slowly tipped the container spilling two into her hand before popping them into her mouth.After she swallowed the pills she opened the pouch on her belt and pulled out a much smaller container and removed the top as well. Setting it back in the pouch for a moment she extracted about a dozen of the pills and put them in the smaller container and put it back in the pouch before closing it.


The pharmacist who had been watching nodded and walked off leaving Kyosuke and Kae to standing front of the shop. Almost immediately after she had taken the pills Kae's breathing became easier and as a result her ribs stopped twinging and her arm unconsciously fell back to her side. "Thanks for the lift, but i don't think I would have died from waiting an extra minute." She said jokingly still smiling. "By the way, don't move around to much or that might still open up" She said a bit more seriously pointing to his neck" She noticed now through the blood he was wearing a purple SOLDIER's uniform. She almost frowned but instead her smile only lessened slightly, just because he was a SOLDIER didn't mean he wasn't a good guy. " How about you come to my house so I can finish with that?" she said looking at his neck again. She hadn't had anyone over to the house and very few people in the village even knew who she was. She mostly stuck around her abandoned house on the outskirts of town. She needed to sit down too....she hadn't rested since she had been to Midgar and gotten the crap kicked out of her by that guy.
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"Put me down," the girl said as Kyosuke began to carry her, as she laughed at the same time oddly enough. "Well if want to stick around until I feel better go ahead, but you'll be following me until I die," she then said, confusing the hell out of the young SOLDIER. Why would he have to follow her around until she died, did she not want to take medicine and get healed? Oh well, it didn't matter what she did or didn't want to do as Kyo was dead set on getting her healed.

"Back so soon," a familiar voice said from rather close to the duo. Turning slightly to see who was talking, it seemed to be the pharmacist who had come out to greet the two, or at least the girl. It seemed unlikely that he would remember Kyosuke as the young SOLDIER had been gone for two years and was now a member of SOLDIER, that and his hair was different then how he used to wear it.

"My friend here gave me a lift," the girl then said in response to the pharmacists greeting. Yep, he was definitely talking to her since she responded to him so quickly.

"Ah well, I just finished these anyway," the man then said as he handed the girl a large container of something. This event actually caused Kyosuke more confusion as to what she meant about following her to death since she was obviously going to take medicine to treat it. Could she possibly be terminally ill, oh well, as long as she was taking Medicine she wouldn't die. The girl then began walking away as she took a pill and the young SOLDIER followed after.

"Thanks for the lift, but i don't think I would have died from waiting an extra minute. By the way, don't move around to much or that might still open up," the young girl, of which Kyosuke still didn't know the name of yet, said. She then began to look the young SOLDIER over, as she obviously hadn't had enough time to do it before after all that happened. "How about you come to my house so I can finish with that," the young girl questioned, wanting to finish what she started.

"Uhh, sure if you want. I'm built alot tougher then I look though! Oh, and by the way, my name is Kyosuke, what is yours if I may so ask," the young SOLDIER replied and then questioned in return. It wasn't until then that he just realized something in his head. "Wait, your house? You live in Kalm?!?," Kyosuke exclaimed like any idiot would after noticing something so obvious.
Edited by Gin, May 13 2009, 08:18 PM.
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"You won't be very tough if that opens again and you bleed out" She told him quirking a smile. "C,mon" She said gesturing for him to follow her. She hadn't taken two steps when she knew something was wrong. She couldn't breathe. There wasn't any coughing, no hacking, no spasms.She reached for her chest and grabbed her bottle of pills as she fell to her knees, She downed five and the result was almost instantaneous. Sher immediately felt her lungs contract and completely fill with blood leaving no room for air.

She fell on her back and gasped for air. A moment later the blood in her lungs escaped through her mouth.A lot of it. More then ever before. She twisted on to her side and the blood poured from her mouth , she started feeling cold and her vision went hazy around the edges. She knew this was wrong. This wasn't what happened. This shouldn't happen. She stood up shakily still unable to breathe, her mouth was full of blood and she kept it firmly closed she staggered over to Kyosuke and took the Materia out of her belt.

She grabbed his hand and pressed the Materia into her hand looking him in the eye and giving him a warm smile. Then she collapsed. She fell away from the blood already on the ground and landed on her side in the grass. There was no more blood, most of it was o the ground and what was left was oxygen starved. She watched the world go fuzzy and turn black as the cold faded and was replaced by a warm sleepiness. Despite the amount of blood none of it had gotten on her clothes and she looked calm. She had a half smile on her lips her eyes just barely open, she was curled up as if laying down. But she wasn't. She wouldn't ever again.....................
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"You won't be very tough if that opens again and you bleed out, C,mon," Kae said as they continued walking, an obvious reply to the young SOLDIER. Things only grew worse though as the young lady began grabbing her chest with one hand while searching for the medicine bottle with the other. She immediately took five of the pills but to no avail as she fell to her knees coughing up blood. Kae was dying and it was by something that Kyosuke would soon find out could not be cured.

As the young girl fell to her side the young SOLDIER could only watch on in disbelief. Kyosuke had seen many people die in his life, some of which were friends and partners, but never had he felt so helpless then he did right now. In his sadness Kae had managed to come walk over to Kyo and hand him all of her possessions, something that made it obvious that she knew her own death was drawing near. The young SOLDIER closed his eyes, letting the tears flow out, as he re-opened them in which they looked different then they had ever looked before.

His eyes were waves of white and light blue and saw things other would need special objects to view. Right through the clothes and past the skin Kyosuke could see the blood filled lungs of the young girl dying right before him. Taking the restore Materia he had been given in hand, despite having his own, he held it up to her and began casting to no avail. There was a smile on her face as she did this and the blood had stopped but all that happened from the young SOLDIER's effort was the view of Kae as she collapsed into the grass, her eyes closing and her lungs stopping which Kyosuke could see with his eyes in this state.

Grabbing her body, the young SOLDIER began to shake her frail lifeless body in hopes on bringing her soul back. "Kae, stop this joke, you can get up now," Kyosuke yelled as his eyes has returned to normal, tears streaming down his face. Her life was gone though and it was only a matter of time before her body dissipated and became one with the planet. All that's left was to tell her parents and head back home.
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